Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.00.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
With households without a car or van at 8.9%, Dearham is behind 88% of UK towns on that count. Still, more residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 94% of UK towns: 60%. Census day 2021: 2,344 residents and 999 households in the village. In Dearham, 8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
A median age of 42.1: Dearham is younger than 68% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.9% of residents. Dearham has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 70% of UK towns, at 19%. In Grange-over-Sands, the oldest of Cumbria’s towns by this measure, it is 47%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.8% of adults are full-time students, below 90% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
32% of Dearham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 5.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 79% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cumbria’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Families with dependent children are 30% of households (England’s towns 29%), and 12% are someone 66 or over living alone (Cumbria’s towns 16%). Across Dearham, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More detached houses than 74% of UK towns: 39% of households
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
For Dearham, the census puts households in terraced houses at 21%.
Below 98% of UK towns: 2.3% of residents were born outside the UK
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.4%). More residents whose main language is English than in 90% of UK towns: 99%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
Above 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents describe themselves as White British
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 98% of Dearham · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 33%, against 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Married adults and civil partners: 52%, a higher share than 74% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 9.8% of residents give unpaid care in Dearham. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 32%, fewer than in 50% of UK towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Dearham, 29%, and 19% have none, against 18%.
Dearham is younger than every town around it
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dearham | 2,344 | — | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Maryport | 8,526 | 1.6 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton | 1,763 | 2.6 mi | 47 | 23% | 26% |
| Flimby | 1,716 | 2.9 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 25% |
| Seaton | 5,051 | 4.4 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Cockermouth | 8,859 | 4.6 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 22% |
| Stainburn | 2,120 | 5.2 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Aspatria | 2,169 | 6.4 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cumbria’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cumbria (or England), summed the same way as Dearham’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Dearham’s residents
What is the population of Dearham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,344 people in Dearham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dearham?
The median age was 42.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dearham?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dearham?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Dearham good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dearham’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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